Home Entertaining: Amusements for Every One by William E. Chenery

Author:William E. Chenery [Chenery, William E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-09-05T22:00:00+00:00

The conjurer has previously at least four yards of red, white, and blue ribbons—twelve yards in all—stitched together at one end, rolled up, and placed under the top of the right arm.

The pieces of paper are picked up with the right hand, and the ends are twisted together tightly, otherwise the papers would burn too quickly and scorch the conjuror’s hands. The papers are held in the flames of the candle for a second, and while they are burning, the conjurer draws attention to his empty left hand, and then to the fact that his right hand contains only the burning papers. When the conjurer is going to show that he has nothing concealed in his sleeves, he draws up the right sleeve with the left hand, and takes the ribbon from under the arm.

Then in order to be able to draw the left sleeve up with the right hand, he is obliged to put the burnt papers into the left hand. He draws up the left sleeve, closes his right hand over his left, and then crushes the burnt papers. In doing this he gets hold of the piece of silk with his right hand, and, bringing his right hand slightly towards the body, and turning a little to the left, he throws his right hand vigorously forward and the ribbons unfold.

The Obedient Ball. A wooden ball about two inches in diameter is given for examination. A hole one-half inch in diameter runs through the ball. A small cord is next passed for examination. The performer runs the cord through the hole in the ball, and causes the ball to run up the cord, and stop wherever he wishes it to. Again the ball and cord are handed for inspection.

After the performer hands out the cord for inspection, he lays it on his table, and after the ball is duly inspected, the performer picks up the cord and with it a piece of black silk thread, and runs it through the hole in the ball with the cord; the other end of thread passes out behind the scenes to his assistant. Take one end of the cord in one hand, and the other end of the cord and thread in the upper hand. Now by pulling the thread taut, the ball will stop; when it reaches the bottom of the cord, the assistant pulls the thread, and causes the ball to ascend. By dropping the black thread, all can be examined once more, to the mystification of all concerned.

Tricks with a Pen. Can you write your name with your left hand? It is a good thing to know how, in case you ever hurt your right hand.

Can you write a looking-glass letter? That always amuses children; so if you have a friend who is ill, send her a looking-glass letter to cheer her up.

Practise by writing on a piece of paper held front of a mirror, and soon you will find it is quite easy to do looking-glass writing. Looking-glass writing is done backward, so that it looks all right when it is held to the mirror.

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